California wildlife officials are hoping to apprehend a 5-year-old sea otter, who has a knack for riding the waves after committing longboard larceny. By Annie Roth Annie Roth lives in Santa Cruz ...

The 5-year-old female southern sea otter was first seen hijacking surfboards in Santa Cruz last September. Officials successfully drove the otter away from the area, but she has since returned.

The newest addition to Shedd Aquarium’s rescued sea otters officially has a name: Jade. The aquarium revealed the name Monday ...

Sea otters were once found across the North Pacific Rim from Mexico to Japan, with about 16,000 in waters from Oregon to Baja California. They were nearly wiped out by hunting for the fur trade in ...

CHICAGO - The Shedd Aquarium’s newest rescued sea otter now has a name: Jade. The name Jade was selected through an onsite ...

Shedd announced the results of recent on-site voting for the name of its newest nonreleasable southern sea otter, who was ...

Sea otters have up to 1,000,000 hairs per square inch, giving them the thickest fur of any animal on the planet. The human head only has about 2,000 hairs per square inch.

Southern sea otter pup Bennett is set to make his debut at SeaWorld San Diego after being rescued as a newborn from Pebble Beach and rehabilitated by the Monterey Bay Aquarium and SeaWorld staff.

The last time I wrote about otters I stated that sea otters are in my top 10 list of “most appealing adult mammals.” First, ...

Sea otters don't just have the densest fur of all otters—they have the densest fur of all animals. Otters have as many as 2.6 million hairs per square inch. That makes it about a thousand times ...